Bid Manager - Tenders Global

Bid Manager

AECOM

Job title:

Bid Manager

Company

AECOM

Job description

Company DescriptionWork with Us. Change the World.At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.Job DescriptionStart here. Grow here.AECOM’s UK&I Surface Transport Aviation and Ports business is a leader in the development of transportation solutions across the UK&I. We work with a broad mix of private developers, technology companies, and public sector bodies plus European Union and national governments across Europe. Our current portfolio of opportunities comprises a diverse mix of local, national and international transportation opportunities.We are recruiting a Bid Manager to work closely with the UK&I Consulting business, based in one of our many locations/offices across the UK. This person will take ownership of and lead bids. They will be charged with driving bid strategy, devising a bid programme, agreeing key deliverables, managing inputs from Subject Matter Experts, our internal Finance and Risk Committees, and driving progress through to successful submission. The Bid Manager will work collaboratively with all parties involved in work winning, including technical leads, members of other parts for the business, bid writers, graphic designers and other bid professionals.The Bid Manager will drive the bid through all stages, from capture management and win strategy development, through proposal submission to interview/presentation preparation and debrief sessions. They will provide consistency through the entire process, responsible for sharing lessons learned and driving continuous improvement in our process and bidding efforts.Flexible on locations across the UKAn ability to create content and write responses would be beneficial too.The role will report to the UK&I Consulting Work Winning Director.Job Duties:

  • Promote a culture of collaboration, positivity and success, driving a winning strategy
  • Oversee reviews of the quality and commercial content
  • Gather essential client information from the Strategy & Growth / Marketing / CAM teams. Drive the process to research the client’s aspirations and share this knowledge and intelligence with the team
  • Promote the use of AECOM’s work winning processes and tools
  • Develop the requirements for each bid in a clear and easy-to-understand way
  • Manage and maintain version control for bid documents and issue them to the appropriate functions for response/review/signature in line with the bid programme
  • Instill a culture where others share knowledge, insights and learning
  • Promote the development of (a) people and (b) the behaviour and culture necessary to win, including supporting colleagues to develop their bidding skills
  • Train teams to prepare for client interviews and presentations

Come grow with us.We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a projectAnd let’s not forget about the perks at AECOM. You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering daysQualificationsReady to push the limits of what’s possible?Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • Experience in the management of winning bids, preferably in the engineering, architecture, consulting environment
  • Lead an effective bid team, identify and brief contributors from across the business and manage, motivate and support them throughout the programme
  • Facilitate workshops/planning meetings including working with key proposal contributors to establish a clear win strategy and develop storyboard content
  • Take accountability for and manage the compliance of the submission
  • Identify and share lessons learned as inputs to the continuous improvement of AECOM’s bidding process and tools

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree (desirable).
  • Foundation-level APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) certification (desired)
  • A working knowledge of Adobe InDesign

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at .At AECOM, we value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives.If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!Additional InformationInterested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne#LI-SO1About AECOMAECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.Freedom to Grow in a World of OpportunityYou will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Job date

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:02:12 GMT

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